Mattress-filling frame.



No. s4s,|o5. Patented Mar. 27, |900. N..L. .|oHNs0N.

MATTRESS .FILLING FRAME.

(Application filed May 16, 1899.) (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet l.

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N. L. JOHNSON.

MATTRESS FILLING FRAME.

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No. 646,105. L Patented Mar. 277 |900. N. L. JOHNSON.

MATTRESS FILLING FRAME.

(Application led May 18, 1899.) (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

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MATTRESS-FILLING FRAME.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 646,105, dated March 27, 1900.

Application nea May 16, 1399. Seriana. 716,979. (No model.)

To @ZZ who-mf it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NELSON L. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMattress-Filling Frames, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to cases or frames for lling mattress coverings or casings; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class by means of which the lling of the mattress may be conveniently` and easily packed and inserted into the mattress covering or casing.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which-'- Figure 1 is a plan view of the casing or frame which I employ, part of the construction being broken away; Fig. 2, a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig.` 3, a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the casing or frame iilled with the packing or lling material of the mattress and ready to be inserted into the mattress covering or casing; Fig.Y 4, an inside view of one of the sides of the frame; Fig; 5, a plan viewot one of the detachable bottom parts of the frame; Fig. 6, a plan view of a corresponding detachable top part of` the frame; Fig. 7, a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the main side and end portions of the frame only and showing a modified form of construction; Fig. 8, a side View of the frame as shown in Fig. l; Fig. 9, a section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 4; Fig. 10, a section lon the line 10 10 of Fig. 6, and Fig. 11 a side view of a detail of the construction.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a frame for the purpose specified which comprises side portions 12 and end portions 13 and 14, which are adapted to be connected, as shown in Fig. 1, by means of 'tongue-and-groove joints, the end portions being provided with the requisite transverse grooves T-shaped in cross-section, as shown at 15, and said side portions being provided with attachments 16, T-shaped in cross-section, as shown in Figs. 7 and 9, which are adapted to be inserted into said grooves 15. The end pieces 13 are provided with a plurality of the grooves 15 for the purpose of making a narrower mattress filling or packing when desired, and the side portions 12 are provided with similar transverse grooves 17 for the purpose of making a shorter mattress iilling or packing, and for this purpose I provide a supplemental end `piece 18, as shown in Fig. 7, and by means of the construction above described and shown in Figs. 1 and 7 both the Width` and the length of the mattress filling or packing may be regulated, it being understood that the grooves 15 in the end pieces 13 and 14 and the grooves 17 in the side piecesv 12 may be so located as to give the packing or filling the desired width and length.

The supplemental end piece 1S shown in Fig. 7 is connected with the side pieces 12 of the frame in the same manner that said side pieces are connected with the end pieces 13 and 14 in Fig. 1, and for the purpose of this description the end piece 13 maybe called .the footpiece of the frame, while the end pieces 14 and 18 will be called the headpiecey of the frame. A plurality of longitudinal bottom strips 19 are also provided, which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, are seven in number, and a corresponding number of longitudinal top strips 2O are also employed, and the longitudinal bottom strips 19 are provided at the foot end with flexible iiaps 21, which are secured thereto and provided with transverse holes or openings 22, adjacent to the end thereof.

The longitudinal top strips 2O are provided at the foot end with curved lugs or projections 23, which maybe formed integrally therewith or separately therefrom and be secured thereto, and the footpiece 13 is provided with a plurality of spring-hooks 24, which equal in number the longitudinal top and bottom strips 19 and corresponding top strips 20, which are secured to a rod 25, the opposite ends of which are connected with said footpiece 13.

In practice the main frame is placed on a IOO table or-other support, and the longitudinal bottom strips 19 are placed therein or thereunder, with the flexible iaps or strips 2l projecting upwardly inside of the footpiece, as shown in Fig. 2, and the spring arms or hooks 24 are pressed forwardly and the ends thereof passed through the holes or openings 22 in the strips or iiaps 21 to hold the same in position. The filling material 26 of the mattress is then packed in the frame, as shown in Fig. 3, and the longitudinal top strips 2O are placed in position thereon. In this operation the spring hooks or arms 24 are withdrawn from the strips or iaps 21, and the lugsor projections 23 on the longitudinal top strips 20 are inserted through said holes or openings 22 in the strips or iaps 21, this position of the parts being clearly shown in Fig. 3. Two transverse strips or bars 27 are then secured transversely of the top and bottom of the frame to hold the bottom strips 19 and top strips 2O in.

the adjacent side pieces of the frame to hold' them in position and the mattressV covering or casing is drawn on over the frame after the end piece 13 has been detached, asidescribed. After the mattress coveringor casinghas been drawn on over the frame the top longitudinal strips 2O are pullediout in` the direction of the head 14, and the side portions 12 are then pulled out, after which the bottom strips 19 are pulled out. This operation leaves the filling or packing in the mattress covering or casing, as will be readily understood, and the end ofsaid'covering or casingmay then be closed, it being. understood that in the foregoing operation one end of the mattress covering or casing is open andafter it is drawn on over the frame and the separate parts of the frame drawn out the said open end of the covering or casing is closed'in the usual'manner.

The transverse strips or bars 27, adjacent to the head-frame, are removed before the mattress covering orl casing is drawn entirely on over the frame, and instead of following the operation hereinbefore described of first pulling out the longitudinal top strips 20 after the mattress covering or casing has been drawn on over the frame the headpiece 14 may first be detached or the side piece. may be drawn outby means of the headpiece; but in any event the longitudinal top strips 2O must first be removed before the longitudinal bottom strips 19 can be drawn out.

tions of the construction described maybe made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A device of the class described, consisting of a frame, composed of longitudinal side pieces and transverse end pieces detachably connected therewith, longitudinal bottom strips having flaps connected with one end thereof, and longitudinal top strips adapted to be connected with said liaps, one end of the frame being also provided with devices which are adapted to engage said iiaps, substantiall y as shown and described.

2. Adevice of the class described, consist ing of a frame, composed of longitudinal side pieces and transverse end pieces detachably connected therewith, longitudinal bottom strips having iaps connected with one end dinal bottom stripsprovidedat one endwith iiaps-orextensions with which-said hooks or `fastening devices are adapted to engage, and

corresponding longitudinal top strips which are also adapted to be engaged with said flaps or extensions, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of the class described, consisting of a frame composed of longitudinal side vpieces and transverse end pieces detachably connected therewith, longitudinal bottom strips havingliaps connected with one end thereof, and longitudinal top strips adapted to be connected with said iiaps, substantially as shown and described.

5. A device of the class described, consistling of a frame composed of longitudinal side pieces and transverse end pieces detachably connected therewith, longitudinal bottom strips having flaps connected with one end IIO thereof, and longitudinal top strips adaptedv myinvention I have signed my name, in presto be connected with said flaps, one end of ence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 15th said frame being also provided with devices. day of May, 1899.

which are adapted to be connected with the IELSON L. JOHNSON. 5 bottom strips, substantially as shown and de- Witnesses:

scribed. F. A. STEWART, y .v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as C. C. OLSEN. 

